Pan-riffle.



J. M. WHITE.

PAN RIFI'LE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1908.

923,392; Patented June 1, i909.

awwentoz lmprovemcntsin Pan-ltitiles, of which the,

* invrrnn JOHN M. WEITE, OF SELMA, OREGON.

PAN-BIFFLE.

Application filed September 1, 1908.

-.To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. Wmrn, citi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Serial No, 451,193.

I the riffle at each end thereof and that are de- Signed to extend downwardly from the outer zenf of-ithe United States, residing at Selma, wall of the pan so as to securely hold the little in the county of Josephine and State of Orein place within the pan with the lower edge of gen, have invented certain new and useful the rifile spaced from the bottom of the pan.

following is a qpecification.

In the drawing 6 designates supports that are placed at intervals along the sides and This invention comprehends certain new bottom of the riflle so as to space the same and useful improvements in pan riilles, and

I from the inner wall of the pan at the side the invention has for its object, a. simple, and thereof where the riflle is located. In connecel'licient construction of device oi this character so arranged as to prevent the material from being inadvertently thrown out during the operation of separating the gold or other heavier material from the sand or lighter material by the gravity process.

With these and other objects in view, the invention. consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is.to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a riilie pan constructed in accordance with myinvontion; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof, and, Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view illustrating a diil'erently shaped rifile.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawmgs by the same reference characters.

The pan itself to wh1ch my invention 1s ap plied may be of any desired constructionbr.

shape provided with a bottom 1 and sides 2 which are flared upwardly in the present instance.

3 designates the riflle which is formed with any desired number of openings 3 which may be transversely elongated to any desired extent. This riiile is provided at its .upper edge with a transverse support 4 extending the entire width of the riflie and snugly fitting against the inner side of the rim of the pan.

5 dosigi'iatcs clips that may be secured to terial from being s tion with the ri'fi'le 3, I preferably use a guard 7 which fits within the rim of the pan as shown and which is formed with an inwardly extending and overhanging flange 8 extending from one side of the ri'tlie entirely around the rim of the pan to the opposite side of the rillic. This guard may be secured to the pan by spring clips 9.

In the practical use of my improved ril'lle pan, the pan is filled with the material to be washed and the pan is then placed in the water and by a rocking motion, the material and water is caused to pass out of the pan, and the heavy material obviously drops through the openings in the riille and flows down into the corner of the pan where it is caught by the water and again carried through the riifle, thereby causing the gleaning or separating process to be a continuous one. The construction and arrangement of parts as herein described prevents the rifiie from filling up or baking as often happens with ri'ffles placed in the corner of a pan, while the guard 7 revents the water or ma lbpped over or thrown out in the separating operation.

. It is obvious that my invention is not limited to a curved riftle as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2; for instance, the riiile itself may be straight as indicated at 3 in Fig. 3, this form of rifii'e being advantageous for some uses.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: Y

1. The combination with a pan of thecharacter described, of a riflie rovided with spacing supports, and spring 0 'ps secured to said rifiie and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom and designed to frictionally engage the rim of the pen, whereby to suspen, whereby to detachably secure the guard 10 tain the rifiie Within the pane 2; The combination with a pen for the purpose specified; of a riffle secured within the pan, and a detachable guard secured within the gen at therim thereof and extending inwar vided ,with outwardly and downwardi y ex tending spring clips engaging the rim of the 1y from said rim, theguard beinr proto the pen.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. WHETE. [-L; 5.

Witnesses:

Home E. ANDERSON, R. C. CHURCHILL. 

